“Walhalla Wave,” which operators say is the first of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, takes a clover tube with up to four riders on a 720-degree loop into a 50-degree drop before sailing up a three-story zero gravity wall — giving riders a moment of weightlessness.

SeaWorld and Aquatica San Antonio are operated by the Orlando-based SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, which is a portfolio company of the Blackstone Group.